There is danger from all men. The only maxim of a free government ought to be to trust no man living with power to endanger the public liberty. -John Adams

 

There is danger from all men. The only maxim of a free government ought to be to trust no man living with power to endanger the public liberty.


-John Adams
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If we do not lay out ourselves in the service of mankind, whom should we serve?

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I always consider the settlement of America with reverence and wonder, as the opening of a grand scene and design in providence, for the illumination of the ignorant and the emancipation of the slavish part of mankind all over the earth.

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You will never be alone with a poet in your pocket. -John Adams
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Grief drives men into habits of serious reflection, sharpens the understanding, and softens the heart.

John Adams
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The Revolution was effected before the War commenced. The Revolution was in the minds and hearts of the people; a change in their religious sentiments of their duties and obligations. This radical change in the principles, opinions, sentiments, and affections of the people, was the real American Revolution.

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Facts are stubborn things; and whatever may be our wishes, our inclinations, or the dictates of our passion, they cannot alter the state of facts and evidence. -John Adams
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Our obligations to our country never cease but with our lives.

John Adams
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